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Nordics

About Us

Established in 2002, Nordisk Vindkraft is a leading wind power developer in Sweden and Norway. Operating as an independent business with full technical and financial support from family owned parent company, RES.

Nordisk Vindkraft have developed and built wind farms with an installed capacity of 400 MW. We employ dedicated staff at our head office in Gothenburg, and our offices in Östersund and Oslo.

400 MW

Operational

1500 MW

In development

Landowners and communities

We consider the whole life cycle of the wind farm, working with communities to reduce environmental impacts during construction, operation and de-commissioning. We provide benefits to the local area as part of our projects.

We have put together a practical guide book which describes how we develop our wind farms - throughout all steps of the process. The guide book describes (in Swedish) the competences and resources that are needed throughout the entire process of developing a wind farm, and how it is creating local growth through new job opportunities.

Business leadership

Nordisk Vindkraft has been assigned by the Swedish Energy Agency to conduct research aiming at empowering the Swedish wind power industry to be more cost efficient and sustainable. The research has been part of the authorities' support to research, development and innovation within the energy industry.

The project consisted of extensive research on technical aspects like wind measurements at a high altitude, ice fall studies, construction of foundations in cold climate and connection possibilities to the national grid. It also measured the local socio-economic effects of wind power, illuminated health and safety aspects in development, construction and operation phases and presented project financing of large-scale wind farms.

Swedish wind power developer Nordisk Vindkraft and Mirova, a Natixis expert for responsible investment, announce that they have signed agreements for the sale, construction and operational management of the 27.6MW Våsberget wind farm in Gävleborg Co…

Swedish wind power developer Nordisk Vindkraft and Mirova, a Natixis expert for responsible investment, announce that they have signed agreements for the sale, construction and operational management of the 27.6MW Våsberget wind farm in Gävleborg County, Sweden.

The Våsberget wind farm project is located 8 km southwest of Ramsjö, Ljusdal municipality, and comprises 8 Vestas V117 turbines with a rated capacity of 3.45MW. The project has been granted all requisite rights, permits and authorisations with full legal force. The wind farm will be connected to Ellevio’s substation in Laforsen and targeted energisation date is September 2016.

French asset manager Mirova is acquiring 80% of the wind farm while Nordisk Vindkraft retains a 20% ownership share. Nordisk Vindkraft will build and operate the wind farm. It will produce 80GWh of green electricity annually, enough for the consumption of 32,000 Swedish households and it will contribute to reaching the global and Swedish climate targets by reducing CO2 emissions by approximately 76,000 tons yearly.

Arne Lorenzen, CEO of Nordisk Vindkraft said: “We are very pleased that Mirova has chosen to invest in a wind farm developed by Nordisk Vindkraft. We share with Mirova a long term view of the renewable energy sector and we look forward to building and operating the project with such an experienced partner. This shows that high quality projects can attract investors to the Swedish renewables market.”

Raphael Lance, Head of Mirova Renewable Energy Funds said: “The constructive collaboration with Nordisk Vindkraft has been instrumental in making this partnership possible and we are delighted to team up for the first time with the RES Group to build the Våsberget wind farm. This project, which would be our third in Sweden, features excellent fundamentals enabling highly competitive electricity production. It will broaden Mirova-Eurofideme 3’s geographical footprint following the first 5 renewable energy investments done by our third fund cumulating c. 200MW, primarily in France, since it was launched 18 months ago.”

Newsec has acted as M&A advisor to Nordisk Vindkraft in the transaction.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Arne Lorenzen, CEO, Nordisk Vindkraft AB

Email: arne.lorenzen@nordiskvindkraft.se

Tomas Lindblad, Head of Construction and Generation, Nordisk Vindkraft AB

RES (Renewable Energy Systems) is one of the world’s leading independent renewable energy companies. At the forefront of renewable energy development for over 30 years, RES has developed and/or built over 12GW of renewable energy capacity worldwide. RES' core activities are onshore wind, offshore wind and solar, and technologies that will be enablers to a low carbon future – Energy Storage, Demand Side Management and Transmission. RES is headquartered in the United Kingdom and operates across the globe.

Sidensjö Wind Farm is one of Sweden’s largest wind farms with 48 turbines and a total installed effect of 144MW. Situated approximately 15 km west of Örnsköldsvik and 440 km north of Stockholm, this wind farm will produce renewable electricity and prevent emission of 380.000 tonnes of CO2 to the atmosphere annually. Hence, it will contribute considerably to the supply of environmentally friendly electricity and to Sweden’s target for reduced climate impact.

Sidensjö Wind Farm is the biggest wind farm built by Nordisk Vindkraft to date in Sweden. During the construction works up to 200 people have at times been working on the site simultaneously. To ensure health and safety during construction more than 1 300 individuals were trained in safety procedures.

After developing and constructing the wind farm, Nordisk Vindkraft will continue to manage the operation of the wind farm and handle local contacts.

Arne Lorenzen, CEO of Nordisk Vindkraft, said:

“The Sidensjö wind farm is a significant milestone for our company. It will be a major contribution to reaching the climate targets in Sweden and in Europe and we are proud to hand over this impressive wind farm on time and on budget. We are now looking forward to continue the cooperation with our client Stadtwerke München during the operational phase of the wind farm together with the local stakeholders in and around the Sidensjö area.”

For the new owner of the wind farm, Stadtwerke München, Sidensjö is their first investment in Sweden. Christian Vogt, Head of Corporate Investment Management, said:

"Thanks to the good and professional collaboration with Nordisk Vindkraft, our renewable energies expansion campaign has taken a further big step forward. This is because the 400 million kilowatt-hours of green electricity that are produced there every year are sufficient to cover the demand of 160,000 Munich households. And SWM's expansion of renewable energies continues: along with the three offshore wind parks DanTysk and Global Tech I in the North Sea, and Gwynt y Môr in the Irish Sea, the Sidensjö onshore wind park is our fourth major project that is being commissioned this year. And our next large-scale regenerative project is already being created with the start of construction works on the Sandbank offshore wind park."

The inauguration is celebrated locally with an open day for the local general public on September 6th.

Nordisk Vindkraft is active in Sweden, Norway and Finland and has developed and built wind farms with an installed capacity of 380MW, which makes the company one of the leading developers in Northern Europe. Nordisk Vindkraft has the know-how and experience to develop, construct and operate large scale wind farms in the Nordic market and works with the local suppliers and stakeholders as well as international partners to contribute to a low carbon future.